NOTES: Another day, the same lineup. Manager John Gibbons said on Saturday that he’s enjoyed having a healthy lineup, so he doesn’t have to mix and match the order as much as he had to earlier this year. That’s why this has somewhat become the standard lineup. … Other than that, and that’s a note about nothing really, there’s nothing really new today. Rios still hasn’t homered since July 23 — a span of 114 at-bats. … GM J.P. Ricciardi did say on Saturday that he "has every intention" of bringing Matt Stairs back in 2008. … Not every quote from Zaun made it into yesterday’s notes, either. Here’s one gem he offered, when asked about his suffering on-base percentage: "That’s a combination of not getting as many hits and it’s also a biproduct of the situations that I’m hitting in. I could be selfish. I could go up there and swing at the first pitch like a lot of our guys do, but I don’t play that kind of game." Burn.

Every player that shot his mouth off in the last three years Zaun made himself the spokesman,Now it seems like he’s running off at the mouth big time, But one thing you might notice he’s still hitting in the 8 hole.

Well folks there was only 4 comments on yesterdays game 2 by me and 2 by gsumner.
Do I detect a little dissension in the troops,Are some of us jumping of the sinking ship,I know my feet are wet,The end is near,glug-glug-glug…..

I’ve not lost hope; I’ll continue to cheer them on. But I’ve also started to question whether the team deserves the WC. Simply put, I think the pitching staff is the only part of the team that deserves a shot at the show.

I haven’t commented in awhile but I’ve been reading yours. I don’t have much to say. I’m seeing some management mistakes, like why is Thigpen even with the team. He isn’t getting the playing time. I also think they should make 2 moves this offseason. Trade either Glaus or Thomas for a 3rd basemen. Preferably a lefty that can hit like Overbay. I also think they should get another quality starter and have Jesse and Chacin start at AAA. Save them for back ups in case we need them. What are your thoughts?

The changes I suggested were more for 08 and beyond. I know of the salaries of Thomas and Glaus. I just don’t think this team needs 2 bats that big in their lineup. They’d be better off with another Overbay. Also the ofense should do better next year, as everyone except for Rios is having an extremely sub par year. As for the pitching suggestions it was just to add some depth in case of injuries. As we all know those do happen.

I would hope that we could trade Thomas, use Stairs to DH and with the extra cash try to sign someone like carlos silva to pitch. Also see if we could trade something for Edgar Renteria since the Braves seem to want to trade him and give the job to Yunel. Im just glad that this off season we wont have anyone wanting us to get desperate and sign another Mark Redman type.

I’m all for getting rid of Thomas but can we afford to eat half of his salary besides that nobody wants him,
If they can trade him and Glaus Stairs is a good choice for DH and he wants to finish his career here.

Now we need a 3rd baseman with speed a high OBP AND A 300 AVG.

our pitchen is good put Jessie in the bullpen as the longman and Jansen as a starter.

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